I really like hiring of Tony Barbee as our new BB coach, but here are a few of my thoughts:
1. Want to make an assumption of how long he will stay in El Paso? As a young coach, he most likely proabably does not want to stay at UTEP too long and might have bigger dreams for himself and to provide for his family. If he does provide impressive winning seasons, NCAA birth, NIT birth, he could quickly make the quick move.
2. He is a good recruiter, but how well will be able to convince players to come to El Paso?
3. Assistant coaches who coached with great head coaches don't always make great coaches themselves. After Don Haskins retired, Kentucky assistant Shawn Finney (I believe this was the year Kentucky won the national championship) was a finalist to replace Haskins, but lost out to coach Rab. Finney then later was hired at Tulane where he was fired after five dissapointing seasons. I'm hoping this will not happen with coach Barbee.
I really like hiring of Tony Barbee as our new BB coach, but here are a few of my thoughts:
1. Want to make an assumption of how long he will stay in El Paso? As a young coach, he most likely proabably does not want to stay at UTEP too long and might have bigger dreams for himself and to provide for his family. If he does provide impressive winning seasons, NCAA birth, NIT birth, he could quickly make the quick move.
2. He is a good recruiter, but how well will be able to convince players to come to El Paso?
3. Assistant coaches who coached with great head coaches don't always make great coaches themselves. After Don Haskins retired, Kentucky assistant Shawn Finney (I believe this was the year Kentucky won the national championship) was a finalist to replace Haskins, but lost out to coach Rab. Finney then later was hired at Tulane where he was fired after five dissapointing seaons. I'm hoping this will not happen with coach Barbee.
I am excited with the prospect of the Barbee Era. Most fans did not like the Doc Sadler Era.
Most fans did not like the Doc Sadler Era.
Unfortunately this is true... I was a huge fan...
But Barbee is a good hire and his short tenure will be great
Most fans did not like the Doc Sadler Era.
Unfortunately this is true... I was a huge fan...
But Barbee is a good hire and his short tenure will be great
I am still confused as to why Doc couldn't win many fans over. All the guy did was win. Last year he won 21 games with 2/3 of a team. As for Barbee, I think the guy is going to be great. i also predict he will be here 4 years. Once we have that practice facility built, recruiting to UTEP will be a whole different ballgame. There is going to be more money to pay him and Coach Price as well....
The season is still in it's midpoint, but I want to say that I love the way things are going for the Miners under Coach Barbee. He is doing very well coaching the Miners. I've been impressed by the tremedous energy and effort the Miners put on defense as well. He's learned from one of the best coaches in John Calipari. I had my concerns, but he's shown he's fully capable at head coaching. He's having the Miners off to a great start even though we've lost most of our scoring power from last season. He's even doing better than Billy Gillispie did in his first season. Here's to a great future under Coach Barbee, we might eventually reach up to Memphis' level with him eventually.
The season is still in it's midpoint, but I want to say that I love the way things are going for the Miners under Coach Barbee. He is doing very well coaching the Miners. I've been impressed by the tremedous energy and effort the Miners put on defense as well. He's learned from one of the best coaches in John Calipari. I had my concerns, but he's shown he's fully capable at head coaching. He's having the Miners off to a great start even though we've lost most of our scoring power from last season. He's even doing better than Billy Gillispie did in his first season.
Here's to a great future under Coach Barbee, we might eventually reach up to Memphis' level with him eventually.
+1. I am officially a Homer when it comes to Tony Barbee...... 